The world marketplace is becoming smaller and smaller as other countries open their doors for business. If you are in business or work closely with others from around the world in a company that you work for now then you know how important it is to speak their language and of course the same holds true in reverse.
Microsoft Word offers a neat feature that will translate your Microsoft Word document into a variety of languages. It is as simple as load, select the language and translate. Now, not being able to speak all of these languages myself, I can not tell you whether or not it does an adequate job or not, but it looks pretty good on the screen. So keeping that information in mind, make sure you proof read any documents that have been translated before you email them or send them to your colleagues, friends or business associates.
Here are the exact steps you will need to take in order to accomplish this task. Once you read how it is done, you will be amazed as to how easy the process can be. You can also take Microsoft Word documents in another language and translate them into your own native tongue.
The first thing you need to do is open up Microsoft Word. When Microsoft Word appears on the screen it will default to a blank document. It doesn't make much sense to show you how to translate a blank document, so we will need to load a document with plenty of text on it first. So go ahead and open a Microsoft Word document that you have previously created. If you do not have one, go to Wikipedia and copy some text into the blank template that was loaded when you first opened Microsoft Word. It doesn't matter what the information is in the document, the important thing is to actually have something to translate.
At the top of the screen you will see menu options labeled, “File”, “Edit”, “View”, “Insert”, and so on. Click the menu option labeled, “Tools”. Below that a submenu will appear. Choose the option on the submenu that says, “Language”. From there another submenu will appear and you will want to choose the option that says, “Translate”.
On the right side of your screen you should now see a window that says “Translation”. The “from” box will default to your current language. Select the language you want to translate your document into by selecting a language in the “To” box. Once you have chosen the “To” language, click on the green arrow.
A window will appear with your translated documented. Simply copy and paste this translated text into a new Microsoft Word document and whoala! Your job here is done!
As you can see it is a very easy process that takes less than a few seconds. However these few seconds can help you immensely when trying to communicate with colleagues in a global marketplace.
